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West Nile virus from blood donors, vertebrates, and mosquitoes, Puerto Rico, 2007

Emerging Infectious Diseases (2009) 15(8) 1298-1300
DOI: 10.3201/eid1508.090333
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Abstract

West Nile virus (WNV) was isolated from a human blood donor, a dead falcon, and mosquitoes in Puerto Rico in 2007. Phylogenetic analysis of the 4 isolates suggests a recent introduction of lineage I WNV that is closely related to WNV currently circulating in North America.

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Hunsperger, E. A., McElroy, K. L., Bessoff, K., Colón, C., Barrera, R., & Muñoz-Jordán, J. L. (2009). West Nile virus from blood donors, vertebrates, and mosquitoes, Puerto Rico, 2007. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 15(8), 1298–1300. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1508.090333

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